They call her Liv - for my granddaughter Olivia Jan. 22, 2025

twelve-year-old cheerleader

blonde ringlets

bluetiful eyes

silly

serious

and a secret

disciple of observation

and questions without answers

writes poems with a heart’s grip

on the pen

watches those shapes of love

grow and grow

from family and friends

to school and community

but will it someday draw

her hopes for the world